Song

During Lyla's nightly fussy time, she squirms, gurgles, and complains about everything. She struggles to find a comfortable position, but once she does, you're a fool if you move her.


Even if she looks ridiculous.

Lyla likes it when Julie sings to her, but Julie's repertoire is rather small.

"I know one verse of Silent Night, most of Jingle Bells, the ABCs, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but even that one I have to hmm-hmm-hmm my way through part of it."

"Good God."

"Yeah, right? And I realized today that I don't know Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

"You know that's the first line of the song, don't you?"

"Yes, so I'm like [singing] Twinkle twinkle little star...how I wonder how you are...up above us hmm-hmm-hmm...like a hmm-hmm everywhere. It's pathetic."

"Do you know Mary Had a Little Lamb?"

"Ooh! [Singing] Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb..."

"The next part's tricky."

"[Singing] Whose friends--"

"Fleece."

"[Singing] Fleece was white as snow."

"Good! What's next?"

"Well...[Singing] So then they ate the little lamb, little lamb--"

"Holy shit, they didn't eat the lamb! He followed her to school one day!"

"That's dumb."

"So you didn't sing nursery rhymes or listen to Raffi tapes when you were little?"

"What's a rafty?"